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Revision as of 12:40, 24 January 2008

Hourglass drawing.svg Where David lives it is approximately: 00:47

All truth passes through three stages:

  • First, it is ridiculed.
  • Second, it is violently opposed.
  • Third, it is accepted as being self-evident
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)


David E. Volk Status    last updated January 24, 2008    [edit plan here] Get your own infobox!Group Status
~ Plans ~
Short term plans
1. antibiotics articles
2. decide what goes into chem_infobox
3. biosynthesis sections for all 20 amino acids
Longer-term plans
1. Work on more Music articles
2. Work on steroid and all related articles
~ Roles and notes ~
Roles in the system
1. Editorial Council member
2. Editorial Personnel Administrator (EPA)
3. Chemistry Editor/Author
4. Biology Editor/Author
5. Music Author
Notes to self
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Public notes :

 

Chemistry Workgroup    Status    last updated January 21, 2008    [edit plan here]
~ Plans ~
My short-term plans
1. improve amino acid pages, biosynthesis
2. improve steroid and improve/create related pages
My longer-term plans
1. create pages all major metabolism cycles, reactions
~ Roles and Notes ~
My roles
1. Editor
2. Author
3. "Checklister"
My notes
1. finish amino acid synthesis text and structures
Public notes: Wish to make pages for all major metabolic pathways and chemicals therein. Also, we need pages, with help from Health Sciences folks, for every prescription drug available.


Chemistry/Biology Articles I Created

  1. Acetaldehyde
  2. Acetic acid
  3. Acetone
  4. Acid
  5. Alanine
  6. Aldosterone
  7. Androstenedione
  8. Anion
  9. Arginine
  10. Aristolochic acid
  11. Arthralgia
  12. Arthrodynia
  13. Aspartic acid
  14. Asparagine
  15. Atorvastatin (Lipitor)
  16. Azathioprine
  17. Bioinformatics
  18. Boron
  19. Boyle's law
  20. Carboxylic acid
  21. Carnitine
  22. Cerivastatin
  23. Chorismate
  24. Cross product
  25. Cysteine
  26. Cystine
  27. Diazinon
  28. DEET
  29. Deuterium
  30. Enantiomer
  31. Eplerenone
  32. Ester
  33. Estradiol
  34. Estrogen
  35. Ether
  36. Folic acid
  37. Flavivirus
  38. Fluvastatin
  39. Fuming sulfuric acid
  40. GABA
  41. Glutamic acid
  42. Glutamine
  43. Hippurate
  44. Histidine
  45. Hydrogen/Isotopes
  46. Ideal gas law
  47. Iron/Isotopes
  48. Isoleucine
  49. Leflunomide
  50. Leucine
  51. Lewis acid
  52. Lewis acid-base theory
  53. List of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance experiments
  54. Lovastatin
  55. Lysine
  56. Mesalamine
  57. Methionine
  58. Methotrexate
  59. Mevastatin
  60. Minocycline
  61. NADPH
  62. Nitroglycerin
  63. Nitromethane
  64. Neuralgia
  65. NMR active elements
  66. Phenylalanine
  67. Phosphate
  68. Phosphoric acid
  69. Phosphorus (a CZ:New Draft of the Week)
  70. Pravastatin
  71. Progesterone
  72. Proline
  73. Protein structure
  74. Rosuvastatin (Crestor)
  75. Serine
  76. Simvastatin
  77. Spironolactone
  78. Steroid
  79. Sulfasalazine
  80. Testosterone
  81. Threonine
  82. Tryptophan
  83. Tyrosine
  84. Sulfur dioxide
  85. Sulfuric acid
  86. Texas Hold 'Em
  87. Valine
  88. Warfarin
  89. West Nile virus

Music Article I Created

  1. Cover band
  2. Rex Bell
  3. Rex Bell/Discography
  4. REO Speedwagon
  5. REO Speedwagon/Discography
  6. Rush
  7. Hayes Carll
  8. Townes Van Zandt
  9. Townes Van Zandt/Discography (this was work!)

Physics/Mathematics Articles I Created

Areas of Expertise

  1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
    1. Protein NMR Structures
      1. West Nile virus ED3
      2. Omsk Hemorhagic fever ED3
      3. Dengue 4 virus
      4. Yellow fever virus
    2. DNA Structures
      1. Benzo[a]pyrene-adducted (carcinogenic) DNA
      2. Oxidatively Damaged DNA
      3. Thioaptamer DNA
    3. Metabonomics/Metabolomics
  2. Quantum Mechanics
    1. DNA:DNA Interactions
    2. DNA:Metal Interactions
  3. Lewis Acid Chemistry
    1. AlCl3 and Et2AlCl mediated ring opening reactions
    2. SnCl4 mediated ring opening reactions
  4. Protein Expression & Purification
  5. Molecular Mechanics

Areas of General Competence

  • Physical/Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Structural Biology
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Programming
    • Pascal
    • Perl
    • C++
  • MAcromolecular Purification Methods
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance (Biacore)
  • Binding thermodynamics and kinetics


Hobbies

  • Bass Guitar
  • Texas Holdem'
  • Bird Watching

Education & Background

David E. Volk holds a bachelors degree in mathematics and physics from Minot State (ND) University, and a Ph.D (1995) in physical organic chemistry from North Dakota State University. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center under Leonard Spicer and is currently a research scientist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Currently his work focuses on studying the solution structures of DNA and proteins that are important to human health or diseases using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. These studies involve the West Nile, Yellow Fever, Omsk Hemorhaggic Fever and Dengue fever viruses. Other studies involved both structure and quantum mechanics studies of damaged DNA, such as oxidized DNA or adducted DNA. Most recently, he has initiated many metabonomics studies at UTMB. Visit Dr. Volk's UTMB Page for more information and links to his publications.